I was asked, "If Buddhism teaches non-self (anatta), then who is doing all this that happens in my life; who…
A mountaineering friend of mine used to remark that when he'd meet a rock or other obstruction while coming down…
Jhāna — a progressive series of meditative states of absorption — is a strangely controversial topic in Buddhism. I say…
Tomas Rocha, The Atlantic: For some, meditation has become more curse than cure. Willoughby Britton wants to know why. Set…
On the difficulty of getting our heads around "non-self" A lot of people have trouble understanding the Buddhist teaching of…
Here's another guided meditation from the retreat I'm co-leading with Sunada at Aryaloka. This one's the Six Element Practice, which…
When I'm talking with people about the Buddhist teaching of non-self (anatta) they often say things like, "But how can…
Some of us in Wildmind's online community are working our way through exercises from Jan Chozen Bays' book, How to…
A lot of people have difficulty practicing self-compassion, but some people have difficulty with the concept of self-compassion. I've had…
For social psychologist and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, creativity wasn't necessarily about bringing something — a poem, a symphony, a sculpture…